Surprise! OK, I lied--I've finalized the voting on the open issues for IGDC Winter 2008 today, with planned announcement tomorrow. http://icehousegames.org/wiki/index.php?title=Icehouse_Game_Design_Competition ----- Referring to the now-moved discussions and votes: http://icehousegames.org/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:IGDC_Winter_2008 RESOLVED: IGDC Winter 2008 will be a design-restricted competition, because there were only 3 votes against that in general (all of whom simultaneously voted for a particular restriction) versus 4 votes in favor of particular restriction ideas without reservations (thus, assumed to be in favor of restriction in general). RESOLVED: The restriction is "2HOUSE"--use two Treehouse sets, of either or both color spectrums--because there were 4++ votes in favor versus no more than 1 in favor of any other design restriction. (++ = Andy Looney's vote takes into consideration best possible business promotion option--a near-trump consideration, as long as I'm the Coordinator.) RESOLVED: Designers MAY NOT include their own (or collaborated) games on their ballots, as there were 5 votes in favor versus 3 total for the other two possibilities (forced to rank #1 = 0; free to rank any way = 3). RESOLVED (for now): The competitions will run twice annually, Winter and Summer, with submission deadlines/judging beginning on the first day of each of those seasons (Dec 22nd and June 21st, respectively). I will entertain further discussion, but I will require some verifiable numbers or statistics to back up any arguments--anecdotes and opinions will not carry much weight, if any. (Note: I *did* check; the first day of winter has crept forward one day... we're gettin' old, folks.) Thanks to everyone who participated in the planning stage of this IGDC. Double thanks to all who are now busily considering what they can do with two sets that no one else has done before. Triple thanks to those who watch this space, intending to judge every game as soon as they are announced! Game ON! David Artman IGDC Coordinator, Winter 2008